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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact Sheet

   Jackson Brownfield

      Redevelopment

         Authority,  Ml


EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. Abrownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under this law, EPA
provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through four competitive grant programs: assessment
grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and
job training grants. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Jackson Brownfield Redevelopment
Authority was selected to receive a brownfields
revolving loan fund grant. Located along the Grand
River in southern Michigan, the City of Jackson
(population 36,316) has a long history of manufacturing
dating back to the late 1800s. Industries were drawn to
the Grand River for water power and transportation. In
the mid-1900s, Jackson was home to more than 25
automobile manufacturing companies. Although
manufacturing still is the largest employment sector,
many manufacturing jobs have disappeared. During
 Revolving Loan Fund
 Grant
L2008J
 $600,000 for hazardous substances
 $400,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the City of Jackson Brownfield
 Redevelopment Authority for a brownfields revolv-
 ing loan fund grant. The grant will be used to
 capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the City
 of Jackson Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
 will provide loans and subgrants to support cleanup
 activities for sites contaminated with petroleum and
 hazardous substances. Grant funds will be used for
 marketing, management, and oversight of the
 program.
 Contacts
 For further information, including specific grant
 contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
 news and events, and publications and links, visit
 the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
 brownfields.

 EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
 312-886-7576
 http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields

 Grant Recipient: City of Jackson Brownfield
 Redevelopment Authority, MI
 517-768-6433

 The information presented in this fact sheet comes
 from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
 accuracy of this information. The cooperative
 agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
 ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
 sheet are subject to change.
2006, the unemployment rate in Jackson ranged from
nine to 11.6 percent. Nearly 20 percent of the popula-
tion lives below the poverty level. The decline in
manufacturing has left a legacy of abandoned,
underused, and contaminated properties, many along
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                       EPA560-F-08-113
                       April 2008
                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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the Grand River. These sites have had a negative
impact on the city's groundwater supply and tax base.
Brownfields cleanups conducted through the RLF
grant are expected to reduce contamination along the
city's greatest natural resource, the Grand River, and
help Jackson leverage funding for redevelopment
efforts.

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